Hybrid Principal Software Engineer — Medication Management Leader

athenahealth; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

athenahealth in Boston, MA is looking for a Principal Software Engineer to shape the future of medication management. This hybrid role leads one or more engineering teams, delivering high-quality software that improves patient safety and healthcare outcomes.

You will report to the Director of Engineering and drive architectural decisions, code quality, and cross‑team collaboration. The position requires strong full‑stack expertise and experience mentoring engineers.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of software engineering experience with product development background.
• Proven experience leading full-stack development teams with mentoring and design oversight.
• Proficiency in React, modern frontend architecture, HTML, CSS, JavaScript and Java.
• Experience with generative AI and AI-assist tooling.
• Solid experience with relational databases and data modeling.
• Experience with distributed systems including monoliths and microservices.
• GraphQL experience is highly desired.
• Strong communication, ownership, and accountability.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and delivery of high-quality code within an agile cross-functional team.
• Own and author clear, detailed technical designs that guide implementation and align with architectural standards and business objectives.
• Propose scalable and maintainable solutions and provide reliable estimates for development efforts.
• Write clean, well-tested, and performant code while adhering to established coding standards and best practices.
• Participate actively in code reviews, providing constructive feedback to uphold engineering excellence.
• Develop strong knowledge of the medication management domain to act as a technical subject matter expert.
• Take ownership of deliverables and coordinate cross-team efforts to ensure successful execution.
• Regularly leverage AI-assist software tooling to increase throughput, effectiveness and quality; drive adoption and best practices.
• Evaluate and propose opportunities for generative AI as part of delivering solutions to delight customers.

Skills

12+ years experience

Lead full‑stack teams

React frontend

Java

HTML/CSS/JS

AI-assisted tooling

Distributed systems

GraphQL

Tools

React

GraphQL

AI tooling

Job description

athenahealth in Boston, MA is looking for a Principal Software Engineer to shape the future of medication management. This hybrid role leads one or more engineering teams, delivering high-quality software that improves patient safety and healthcare outcomes.

You will report to the Director of Engineering and drive architectural decisions, code quality, and cross‑team collaboration. The position requires strong full‑stack expertise and experience mentoring engineers.